Trilogy fights usually take place where doubt lingers over the outcome of the rematch, but on Saturday Tyson Fury is in the unusual situation of facing Deontay Wilder, an opponent he handily trounced in his last bout 20 months ago. Wilder enforced a previously contracted third fight after taking his claims to arbitration where a […]
WBC and IBF light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will collide with WBC No.1 contender Marcus Browne at the Bell Centre in Montreal on December 17. Beterbiev-Browne will take place at the home of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens and be staged by Top Rank after the champion’s promoter won the purse bids with a $1,105,000 offer in September, according to […]
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will face the trash-talking Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero in a battle of Floyd Mayweather promoted fighters at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 5. The bout will take place at 135lbs where Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) currently holds the WBA Regular belt despite the popular Baltimore banger winning the same strap at 140lbs […]
Dillian Whyte appears to be a win away from fighting for the WBC heavyweight title after the Mexican sanctioning body decreed the victor of Saturday’s trilogy showdown between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will have 30 days to agree an undisputed title fight with Oleksandr Usyk or move on to a mandatory defence against Interim […]
Geordie favourite Lewis Ritson believes that veteran Hank Lundy is the battle-tested opponent he needs as he seeks to reignite his career following a bruising 10th round defeat to Jeremias Nicholas Ponce in June. Ritson (21-2, 12 KOs) returns to the fray against Philadelphian Lundy at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle on October 16, on a BOXXER promotion televised […]
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye believes Tyson Fury should underestimate old rival Deontay Wilder at his peril. Reigning WBC king Fury is a strong 1/3 favourite for the trilogy bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, having demolished the Bronze Bomber in seven rounds in February 2020 following a controversial draw in […]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has assigned its officials for Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title clash between champion Tyson Fury and former title holder Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Veteran Nevada referee Russell Mora will be the man in the middle, replacing Connecticut’s Mike Ortega who was due to be third man […]
Former world lightweight champions Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey will collide at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York on December 11. Regarded as boxing’s pound-for-pound No.1 before his upset loss to Teofimo Lopez a year ago, Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) subsequently underwent surgery for a torn rotator cuff and returned with a ninth-round stoppage […]
Chris Eubank Jr has shrugged off the fight day postponement of his clash with Anatoli Muratov to focus on another date in two weeks ahead of a ‘major’ bout in December. Eubank’s new partnership with Sky Sports was originally set to launch with a showcase bout against Sven Elbir at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday […]
The status of undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez’s mandatory defence against IBF No.1 George Kambosos remains uncertain after Triller officially withdrew as promoter from the seemingly cursed event. After a series of date and venue changes, with Lopez pulling out on fight week in June following a positive Covid-19 test, Triller attempted to push its […]
Former British cruiserweight champion Richard Riakporhe will collide with Nigerian puncher Olanrewaju Durodola at the SSE Arena in Wembley on November 20. Riakporhe, a points victor over Krzysztof Twardowski on Saturday night, will make a quick return on another BOXXER promotion, which also features Manchester’s Hosea Burton against Londoner Dan Azeez for the vacant British 175lbs title. Popular Albanian welterweight […]
After numerous postponements, the clash between undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and IBF No.1 contender George Kambosos has taken another mad twist. Promoters Triller have apparently petitioned the IBF to have Kambosos removed from his mandatory ranking to allow Lopez to defend against the next available contender, according to Michael Woods of Nyfights.com. Triller had […]